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W. A. CROUKER..

PEANUT PICKER.

Patented Nov. 30, 1869.

o.. wAsm mn Noams PETERS I linited (mes @anni -Citjiliw Letters .Patent'llo.4 97,364, dated .Noeember 30,V 1869.`

IMPROVEMENT' IN PEANUT'PICKER.

Thre Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent' andmaking part ci thesame.

To all whom. it may concern;A

`Be it known that I, W.' A. CROcKER,of Norfolk, Norfolkcounty, State of Virginia; have invented a new and improved Peanut-Picker; and I do h'ereby declare that the followingis a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled iny -the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the -accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and efficient machine for separating 4peanuts from the vines; also to separate them from thechail, light and faulty peas, and to rub and scour theshells.

The invention ycomprises an arrangement in an en closed case, through which the vines are supplied,.,at. one end of an endless chain-carrier, composed ofehans woven vtogether diagonally, making large angular meshes, working between fixed screens, ,one above and the other below the upper portion of the chains.

Also, n-combination with .the above, a rotary spiked viue-discharger, a fanning-device, and. a sconring-ap paiatus, all as hereinafter more fully specified.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved machine, and

Figure 2 represents a top view, witha part of the case removed.

" Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents. a long and broad case, supported upon a frame, B, withinnvhich an endless chain-carrier, G, composed of chains woven together diagonally, so as to form large angular meshes, works over the-drums yl), one ateach end.

E is a permanent screen, with meshes of similar angular shape, arranged in the detachable cover, above the top ofthe chain-carre1 onecnd at the hopper F,

where the vines are fed in, being considerably higher than the other, atGr, where they are discharged,.which is brought rearly down to the chain.

H is another permanent screen, supported on cross-v bars I, below the said upper part of the cbain-earrier. The lower part of the 'carrier runs along the bottom K of the case, and over a discharge-space, M, at the end below the feeding-hopper, covered by a screen, L. Below the said bottom K of the cairier-case is a fan-blower, S, arranged to impel a blast of air through hel'alIing current of nuts, chaff', &c., at the passage chain-carrier, to insnrezthe discharge ot the vinesto' prevent the return of those once acted upon to mix with theireshsupply and clog the machine;

The peanuts havelong slenderprojecting stems'genou the chan-carrler, will naturally fall through the meshes, and be scraped'oi by the action of the permanent screen below. while those projecting upward will encounter the upper permanent screen as the v'nes are carried along by the said carrier.

v The carrierfdrnms may beset in action by any snitable arrangement of belts or other driving-machinery, and thescourer, fan, and dischargcr may be driven by belts from one of the chain-.carrier drums.

The nuts which fallthrongh the cha-in and'screen H, upon thebottom K of -the chain-case, are scraped oli', by the returning part of the chain, into the passage-Ml.

Having thus described my nvention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. lhe combination,- with the chain-carrier, constructed as described, of the permanent screens E and H, substantially as specified.

2. 'lhc combination, with the carrier and screens n and E, arranged as described, of the discharge-wheel A, substantially as specified.

3. 'lhe combination of the chaii-i-carrier, screens E and H, and the seouring-reell, and' permanent'wire screen shell l thereoi`substantially as specified. Y

4. The combination, with'the carrier,-scre`ens'E H, scouring-reel Q, and permanent screen P, of the fanblower G, substantially as specified.

VVituesses: W. A. CROCKER.

Gao. K. Goonmnae,

R.. S. Thomas.

- It represents a spiked cylinder, arranged under the erally suspended from vthe vines, and on being placedl 

